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... settlement . It might prove a handy base from which to attack the Spanish settlements in South America - only about 7,000 miles away . Because Banks had found a species of flax plant in New Zealand , the Lords of the Admiralty dreamed ...
... settlement . It might prove a handy base from which to attack the Spanish settlements in South America - only about 7,000 miles away . Because Banks had found a species of flax plant in New Zealand , the Lords of the Admiralty dreamed ...
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... settlement came to be called , was about 1,800 miles distant by sea from the nearest white settlement at Hobart . It was even further by land from the east coast settlements near Sydney : but until 1917 , when the transcontinental ...
... settlement came to be called , was about 1,800 miles distant by sea from the nearest white settlement at Hobart . It was even further by land from the east coast settlements near Sydney : but until 1917 , when the transcontinental ...
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... settlement before moving on to Van Diemen's Land . In November 1834 , Edward Henty , with labourers and stock , crossed Bass Strait and squatted at Portland Bay in the then almost completely unexplored Port Phillip district . He was ...
... settlement before moving on to Van Diemen's Land . In November 1834 , Edward Henty , with labourers and stock , crossed Bass Strait and squatted at Portland Bay in the then almost completely unexplored Port Phillip district . He was ...
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CONVICTS AND CURRENCY 17881821 | 23 |
NEW PASTURES AND NEW ATTITUDES 18211851 | 45 |
DIGGERS AND DEMOCRATS 18511885 | 69 |
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